Saturday, May 2, 2015

Tomorrow, Sunday May 3rd I will travel to Station Nord at 81.36 North.
I will stay there together with 13 scientists for the next 3 1/2 weeks. My job is to provide the logistics for the researchers. It will be a welcoming break from my normal work days as a Geologist on Svalbard ;)

Communication to and from the station will be almost zero, due to the remote location.

Station Nord is a Danish military base, manned by 5 men year round. Their work is to keep the 1800 m long runway open and to provide support for the Sirius sledge patrol.

Last summer a new research station was built. Every piece of building material was flown in from Svalbard. The name of the station is the Villum Research Station (VRS).

The first flight to Station Nord was today, with the first batch of scientists and cargo, but due to sudden fog in Greenland, they had to return to Svalbard. There will hopefully be an other go tonight...

Friday, July 11, 2014

Wednesday I was very Lucky to "hitch-hike" With a plane from Longyearbyen to Station Nord (81.36 N) in NE-Greenland.
The weather on Svalbard was not so great, but in Greenland it was fantastic as always ;0)
I spent 8-9 hours there and even met good old friends and had a great time. It was good to see the station area. The last time I was here was early March 2005 and late April 2006. At that time it was -40 degrees Celsius and meters of snow everywhere.

At the moment 250 tons of materials have been air-lifted from Longyearbyen to Station Nord. This will then be put together for the NeXT six weeks, forming the Villum Research Station at Station Nord.

A large Search and rescue exercise is ongoing in the fjords of NE-Greenland these days, but will be finished before we reach the coast of Greenland.. There are a lot of people, planes and ships from several nations involved in the exercise. Unfortunately the weather is quite bad at the moment. Hopefully this will change before I come over there.

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Yesterday my father called from Dicksonsfjord. Since arriving in Greenland the weather has been extremely good. Only sun shine and temperatures between 18-24 degrees.
They walked up to the mountain Bastionen on Ella Ø, 1367 m in the best weather ever.
Most of the fjord ice has disappeared and they have even seen a polar bear. 10 years ago it was very unusual to meet bears in the summer, but as there is getting less and less sea ice the bears get stranded on land...

Jytte at Ella Ø, taken a few days ago by my Davið, my pilot friend at Norlandair

PROFILE

I was born in Denmark.
My mother is from Iceland and my father is from Denmark.
I grew up in Mestersvig (Greenland) and Norway.
Most of my schooling is from Norway.
I'm educated as a carpenter in Denmark.
I spent 5 years in the Danish army and navy.
From March 2005 - July 2007 I was a member of the military Sledge patrol SIRIUS.
From aug 2007 to aug 2008 I was working as the station leader on Naval guard Mestersvig, NE-Greenland.
I have a Bachelor in Geology from Norway. I spent 2 years on Svalbard, studying and working as a guide.
I have a master in Glacial-geology from the University of Iceland.
Currently I am be working as an exploration geologist with "Store Norske", a coal mining company on Svalbard